Landships II

Morgoth · Major

Cost of French tanks?

Tanker · Field Marshal

Bonjour,

Saint Chamond� - 65 000 frcs (without gun, machinegun and munitions) for a 400 tanks order.

Letter from Mr Patart (Chief Executive from FAMH) to G�n�ral Mourret March 22, 1916

�� (AN Pierrefitte - Fond Albert Thomas - Box 94 AP15)

�Schneider Ca1 - 56 000 Frcs

�In 1921, Schneider ca 1 M2 were sold to Spain for 85 000 (with truck and trailor for each tank)

Spain command : 16 x Schneider - 16 x Latil with trailor La Buire - 6000 x 75 mm shields, for 1 367 303 Frcs

�� (AN Pierrefitte - Fond Albert Thomas - Box 94 AP15)

�Renault FT - 56 000 Frcs

�Bon dimanche - Michel

-- Edited by Tanker on Sunday 16th of February 2014 10:56:05 AM

Morgoth · Major

Thanks.

That's interesting. I remember reading somewhere that 5 Renaults could be produced for price of 1 Schneider. Is it a myth, then?

Any idea how much the gun and machineguns for Saint Charmond would cost?

Tanker · Field Marshal

Bonjour,

"I remember reading somewhere that 5 Renaults could be produced for price of 1 Schneider."

It's like for Wikip�dia, all you read is not truth . . . . . especially without good historical reference�!

Gun and machine gun for all Saint Chamond's tanks were�given by the Army and coming from military stores.

The real price of these tanks�were, of course,�really more expensive . . . . , for exactly the same job than Schneider's tanks . . . . .

Bonne soir�e - Michel

Morgoth · Major

I've checked for that claim and it turned out that it's from Stephen Zaloga's book about French WWI tanks. I misremembered it it - it was field 5 Renaults for every 1 Schneider without price mentioned.

Saint Chamond's gun had much greater range than Schneider's, though.

According to the Chars Francais site one FCM 2C costed 2,000,000 Frcs in 1920 O_O .